1.  splint(n = noun.object) - a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
is a kind of paring, shaving, sliver

2.  splint(n = noun.artifact) - an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg);
is a kind of mechanical device
Derived form verb splint₁

   splint(v = verb.body) - support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"
is one way to care for, treat
Derived form noun splint₂
Sample sentences: Did he splint his foot?

1.  A piece split off; a splinter. [1913 Webster]

2.  A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set. [1913 Webster]

3.  A splint bone. [1913 Webster]

4.  A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence. [1913 Webster]

5.  One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below. [1913 Webster]
"The knees and feet were defended by splints, or thin plates of steel." [1913 Webster]

6.  Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent. [1913 Webster]

1.  To split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver. Florio. [1913 Webster]

2.  To fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2. Shak. [1913 Webster]

splint, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a strip of rigid material used for holding a broken bone etc. when set. b a rigid or flexible strip of esp. wood used in basketwork etc.
2 a tumour or bony excrescence on the inside of a horse's leg.
3 a thin strip of wood etc. used to light a fire, pipe, etc.
4 = splint-bone.
--v.tr. secure (a broken limb etc.) with a splint or splints.

Idiom:
splint-bone 1 either of two small bones in a horse's foreleg lying behind and close to the cannon-bone.
2 the human fibula. splint-coal hard bituminous laminated coal burning with great heat.

Etymology:
ME splent(e) f. MDu. splinte or MLG splinte, splente metal plate or pin, rel. to SPLINTER

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splint bone